Antón Paz
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Representing  Spain
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | Tornado class |
Antón Paz Blanco (born 8 August 1976) is a Spanish sailor. With his partner Fernando Echavarri he won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[1] The two also competed at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, where they finished eighth.[2] He is from the town of Vilagarcia de Arousa, Galicia, Spain.
He sailed the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race as the media crew member on board Telefónica Black.
References
[edit]- ^ * "PAZ, Anton". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2 September 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Antón Paz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Anton Paz Blanco at World Sailing
- Anton Paz Blanco at Olympics.com
- Antón Paz at Olympedia (archive)
- Antón Paz Blanco at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish) (archive)
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- Sportspeople from Galicia (Spain)
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- Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Tornado
- Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado
- ISAF World Sailor of the Year (male)
- Tornado class world champions
- Sportspeople from Vilagarcía de Arousa
- Volvo Ocean Race sailors
- World champions in sailing for Spain
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